Valley County ID Archives News.....DRAGS BROKEN LEG 13 MILES, Frank Spencer, Aged Trapper, Picked Up by Hunters.  November 10, 1921
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Emmett Index November 10, 1921
Tortured by pain and dragging his broken leg over the rugged slopes, Frank Spencer,
an old timer and aged trapper in the Payette national forest, half crawled, half
hobbled four whole days from a peak near the head of Goat creek, a tributary of the
Salmon, a distance of 13 miles in the direction of Knox before be was picked up
exhausted, by a party of hunters Saturday noon.

Temporary treatment at Knox and Cascade was given the injured man and he was brought
through Emmett on Monday's train by Forest Ranger Horace Burr and taken to a Boise
hospital for treatment.

The accident which befell Mr. Spencer occurred Tuesday of last week near the
headwaters of Goat creek. While setting a trap for marten his foot slipped from a
rock on which he was standing and one of the bones in his leg just above the ankle
of his right leg was broken. In attempting to walk he slipped and fell again and
this time the other bone snapped in two. Miles from nearest neighbors, he decided to
try and reach Knox. Improvising crutches from limbs of a tree he started out on his
arduous journey. The ruggedness of the country, however, made his crutches almost
useless, end be was forced to crawl the greater part of the distance, which included
the summit of a high mountain. He had only six biscuits to appease his hunger and
sustain his powers of endurance during the four days he was traveling. About noon
Saturday be was found by hunters and carried to Knox. Last reports are that he is
improving and has a chance to recover.

Spencer is 72 years old. He has been resident of Idaho 30 odd years and since 1915
has trapped in the Payette forest. knit He participated in the fight when Indians
raided the Deadwood and Bear valley sections in 1870.

Additional Comments:
December 22, 1921. Emmett Index. Aging Trapper Improving.

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